"Holy shit! What do you mean, everyone in our team is just gone?!?" the black-haired boy burst out in panic, his red eyes locked on the woman next to him who had sacrificed the last member of the team just so the two of them could escape death once again.
Not knowing what to say, the woman raised her head to meet his angry expression only for her to notice too late the silhouette that was quickly moving behind the boy.
"Ethan! Watch out!!" the woman screamed running towards him in an attempt to save him.
But it was too late.
Behind Ethan already Zombie with missing arm appeared, grabbing Ethan's shoulder and sinking its sharp rotting teeth deep into the poor boy's neck.
The moment blood sprayed everywhere and Ethan screamed in pain, he woke up out of the blue on his bed sweating like he had just run a marathon.
,,...I think I should stop playing too much of those PC games and get a job,, Ethan muttered and sat up, his sweat dripping from his face.
Getting up from bed, his feet dug into the trash that was on the floor from the previous night of playing on his computer and eating unhealthy food.
His father-the person Ethan lives with had always told him to keep things tidy since he was a child, but as it turned out, his advice never stuck with Ethan for more than 3 days.
,,That's weird, normally my dad would have barged into my room without knocking and started talking crap about me finding a job and stuff,, Ethan muttered and walked over to his desk, which, like the floor, was full of trash.
Opening his laptop, he noticed a bunch of messages that had come to him from social media from an unusual number of people, a bunch of these people he didn't even know and didn't plan on getting to know.
With one click of the mouse, he deleted the notification, thinking that they were just boring short videos that people sent to him every day and night, and turned on his favorite game.
The moment he reached for his headphones, he stopped and looked at the ceiling, noticing another abnormality.
At this moment, the kids who live above him would definitely start stomping, screaming, and making annoying noise, because of them he bought a set of headphones that completely muffled sounds, but it looks like he won't be using them today.
With a small smile, he logged into the game where someone was already waiting for him in the lobby with an impatient attitude.
[Thank God you're okay! I was afraid for a while that you went out, but then I realized that you don't go out ever]
Ethan's smile faded at his message, he was used to people making fun of him or insulting him, but now even friends from the game
Still hurt, Ethan began typing quickly on the keyboard, careful not to accidentally offend his friend even though he was offended himself.
[Look, if you've been waiting for me all this time just to insult me like the others, I'll leave your team and find another one]
Ethan reached for the bottle of lemonade that was lying next to his table and took a deep gulp, waiting for a response.
After a short while, a long message arrived that contained many mistakes.
"Are you kidding me... I don't want to read the whole thing" Ethan groaned in annoyance and leaned forward, ready to read it all for sake of friendship.
[I don't know what happened last night, but there's something out there, something damn scary! My brother went to work today and as he was locking the door behind him, I heard stomping and it was like a bunch of people had rushed at him and started beating him up! When I unlocked the door and was about to help him, he yelled at me not to open the door and to stay inside... Not being able to see what was happening was even worse. I didn't go to school out of fear and the worst thing is that no one else is answering my messages except you. I'm really scared Ethan...]
Ethan finished reading message and felt the hairs on the back of his head stand up, he had never been made fun of like this before and it didn't even made sense why he would do it.
Understanding that his previous moment wasn't meant as an insult, Ethan smiled a little and started typing quickly.
[Don't worry Dan, whatever's happening outside will pass soon, but for now you should check the internet to see if you can find anything or check the news]
Ethan finished typing and was about to type more when someone knocked on the apartment door surprisingly loudly.
"I swear to God if it's those kids banging on the door again and then running away I'm going to give up on my sanity" Ethan muttered angrily and walked out of the room into the hallway and looked out through the peephole.
What awaited him outside in the hallway was exactly like the horror movie he had watched a few weeks ago.
A woman completely covered in blood with torn clothes stood in front of his door with a crazy expression and a knife in her hand.
Frightened, he quickly jumped away from the door and ran into his room to get the baseball bat his older brother had left him and walked to the door ready to ask questions.
But there was no one.
The woman was gone exactly as she had appeared, without any warning, but Ethan was sure he wasn't hallucinating and he wasn't going crazy either, because there was a massive pool of blood in the hallway.
"What the hell" Ethan unlocked the door and stuck his head out of the door, looking down the hallway, which was completely drenched in blood.
What caught his attention was that his neighbors had their doors open as if they were expecting a visitor, but going there was not a good idea at all.
Just as he had stuck his foot out to get a better look, a devastating scream rang out from the floor above him, startling him so much that he put his foot and head back in and locked the door with all locks as fast as possible.
,,oh shit..... am I still dreaming?,, Ethan's breathing quickened and he finally smelled it.
The smell of rotten meat
Just the smell made his stomach growl and he barely managed to run to the bathroom before vomiting up the remains of the dinner he had eaten the day before.
After a few minutes, he finally returned to his room, shivering as if he was in the coldest winter and noticed the desperate messages from Dan.
[Are you okay?! Why aren't you replying?!]
[The messages say it's some kind of virus]
[Please don't tell me you went out and something happened to you!]
[You're the only one I have, please reply!]
And the messages kept coming until Ethan started writing with shaky hands, which made it difficult for him to write words without mistakes.
[A woman was at my door, holding a knife and completely covered in blood, I'm pretty sure she killed someone because there was a pool of blood behind her]
It didn't take even a few seconds for Dan to answer.
[What were you doing? Don't tell me you let her in]
[She didn't hurt you, did she???]
Ethan calmed down at his super quick questions and even laughed nervously a bit.
[Don't worry, I didn't let her in, I ran for my baseball bat and when I came back she was gone]
Ethan could practically hear Dan exhale in relief and write something that surprised Ethan a lot because no one had ever asked him that before.
[That's great, but now I'm really nervous about all this.. can we go on a date? Just the two of us?].